1、illuminate

照亮;照明;照射

No streetlights illuminated the street.

这条街上没有照明的路灯。

The black sky was illuminated by forked lightning.

叉状的闪电照亮了黑沉沉的天空。

阐释;说明

They use games and drawings to illuminate their subject.

他们用游戏和图画来阐明他们的主题。

2、present

现在的；目前的

He has brought much of the present crisis on himself.

目前的大部分危机都是他自己引起的。

the government's present economic difficulties.

政府当前的经济难题

现在；目前；现状

his struggle to reconcile the past with the present.

他为协调过去和现在所付出的努力。

continuing right up to the present.

目前；现在；眼下

There is no way at present of predicting which individuals will develop the disease.

目前还没有办法预测谁会得这种病。

At present children under 14 are not permitted in bars.

目前，14岁以下儿童不允许进酒吧。